Onceagain,Christmaswascoming.Andonceagain,mydaughterTan...

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Once again, Christmas was coming. And once again, my daughter Tania was asking, “What do you want for Christmas, Dad?”

“The usual,” I replied. After 23 years, she knew that this   21    a hat and a pair of socks. These were Christmas habits for me.

In the small town where we lived,   22   had a certain rhythm, and the festival was full of   23  . But this year, my daughter, Tania,   24   all that.

Every day for two weeks   25   Christmas, unable to contain her excitement, she   26  said, “You’ll never guess, but you’re going to love your Christmas gift!”

Now, I’m not Scrooge, so please don’t get me wrong. I’m   27    one of those who are hard to impress. I must   28   , however, that it was fun to listen to her   29  talk day after day. By the morning of Christmas Eve, I had become more than a little   30   .

At 11:00 a.m. on the 24th, my wife and I were asked to go   31    with a “No peeking(偷看)!”32   . “Get out! Get out!” Tania ordered us to leave the front room.

So, we went upstairs. Then we heard her   33  , “Okay, you can come down now!”

We were directed into the front room. By the Christmas tree was a large 34 covered in a blanket.

“Okay,” Tania   35  us, “on the count of three both of you grab a corner of the blanket.” My heartbeat   36   . My wife and I lifted the blanket, and the gift was   37   .

Overcome by   38   , I thought, I couldn’t believe my eyes! I was   39   !

Rising out of the blanket was none   40   my first-born son Greg, home for Christmas for the first time in 19 years!

21. A. included             B. represented     C. meant            D. required    

22. A. life                 B. work                 C. time                 D. fortune    

23. A. gifts            B. surprises            C. tunes                D. habits    

24. A. blamed           B. changed          C. explained            D. valued    

25. A. before           B. after                C. since                D. unless    

26. A. calmly           B. cautiously           C. rudely           D. repeatedly    

27. A. simply           B. strictly             C. deliberately         D. regularly    

28. A. announce         B. admit                C. decide           D. pretend   

29. A. private              B. casual           C. enthusiastic         D. ridiculous    

30. A. upset            B. curious          C. angry                D. patient    

31. A. outside              B. inside           C. upstairs             D. downstairs    

32. A. command          B. note                 C. sign                 D. tip    

33. A. whispering       B. speaking             C. shouting             D. howling    

34. A. present              B. board                C. sock                 D. quilt    

35. A. reminded         B. informed             C. invited          D. instructed     

36. A. slowed           B. speeded          C. stopped          D. dropped    

37. A. offered              B. discovered           C. found            D. exposed    

38. A. encouragement        B. astonishment         C. embarrassment        D. disappointment    

39. A. confused         B. frightened           C. impressed            D. inspired    

40. A. other than       B. rather than          C. less than            D. more than    

【回答】

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知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类

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